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THE STANDARD. THE STANDJBD. tanda: LARGEST PAPER -PUBLISHED IS CONCORD. WE BO-XLh KINDS OF JOB WOEK The CONTAINS MOKE READING MATTER THAN ANY OTHER TAPER IN THIS SECTION. POETRY. I'M CLE JAKE'S KEHJIOX. Winston Sentinel Wherein certain orthodox principles arc inculcated which may account for the darkey's partiality for the hen -roost. Text ; Exodus, 22d chapter, 1st and 3d vcr-s " My friends, I'se gwine ter preach terday Out ob de Good Book.whar It say, Kf enny nigger steals er sheep, While dc ole Massa am ersleep, Er steals a lamb out ob de flocks, Er runs off wid de white man's ox. Furebry sheep he steals he mus' (Jib four sheep back, an' it am Jus Pe same wid oxes, 'ceptin' four Ain't quite ernuff, it takes one more Ter wipe erway dat nigger's sin An make things straight wid him agin. " Hut ef dat nigger am not got Pe shceps and oxes, an' kinnot Pay back de intruss whar he owe Vntoo de Lord fur doin' so ; Pey do dat nigger like I saw Pc white folks do befo' de war ; Pey puts dat nigger on de Mock '"v. An' bids erwhlle, an den dey knock Put nigger down to hies' bid, Jes like de ole slave-massa did. : Yes, sah, dey sells you fur ter pay Fur shceps an' oxes you took erway. ' So, niggers, you had better min' How you go 'round at night, er tryin' Like some ole sneaking, red-tailed fox Tit "'teal de white man's sheep an' ox ; Fur you is sartin ter be caught, An' by some white mam ter be bought An' t-cnt off ter de cotton patch, Pc las' man ob you, In er batch. ' Hut I f o sarched all f roo de chapter whar I read you, but dar am not dar, "ur am dar in dis blessed book, One word erbout er chickin coop ; S ef you nigger's bound ter steal, Pe same as pig3 is bound ter squeal, You'd better try de white man's hen An' let his sheep erlone, fur den Six months is all you git an' save Yocfs frum bcin' white men's slave." Geo. IIinks Gorman. Washington, D. C, Aug. 20, '9. Jackson's Child Dead. .If KS. (HRISTIAX DIES OF FEVER. To lie Interred Benitle Her Father. INTERESTING SKETCH OF HER LIFE. Charlotte Chronicle. Died, Friday morning, August 30th, at 6 o'clock, Jvua Thomas, wife of William Edmund Christian, and only daughter of (Jen. Thomas Jonathan and Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, in the twenty-seventh year of her age. This simple announcement will Bend a thrill of profound sorrow and regret through every Southern heart Not only in the immediate neighbor hood of her life and death, among those who have known and loved her, but throughout the length and breadth of the Southern States, will the death of Stouewall Jackson's only daughter bring a pang of heart felt grief. Borne away in the flower of her youth, from all the ties that make life sweet and precious, loving and beloved, her early death, with a life full of promise before her, adds bitterness to the cup of sorrow. HER LAST ILLNESS. About three weeks ago, Mrs. Christian was taken sick with a malignant type of typhoid fever, at her home on West Trade street. The buttle for life was bravely fought with an inherited fortitude, and it wa3 not until Tuesday evening that her recovery was pronounced hope less. The tidings that she was dyiug 6pread through the city like wildfire, and on all sides were to be heard solicitous inquiries concerning her condition. Everything that skill and patience and love could do to preserve life was done in vain. She expired at six o'clock Friday mor ning without a struggle. Mrs. Chris tian wa3 conscious to the last. The day before she died was the first birthday anniversary of her baby, and even in her extreme illness she remembered the event. The baby was brought in at her request, and she kissed it and blessed it, even as her illustrious father, when on his death bead, was cheered by her smiling baby face, and called her " Little Darling." All day long, as she lay dead in a grief-stricken house, throngs of grieving friends and relatives came to take a last view of the departed, and to offer consolation and sympa thy to the afflicted mother and hus band. The house was filled with flowers, tokens of affection from sympathizing friends. Over the mantel, Id the room in which 6he lay enclosed in a beautiful casket, was a painted portrait of the immor tal Jackson, with his martial insigina upon him. Directly underneath was a picture of a fair bride, his daugh ter, in bridal costume, wreathed in lovely flowers. On the door was a heavy mass of crape, which told of the grief within. THE FUNERAL SERVICES. The funeral services were con ducted at the First Presbyterian church Friday afternoon with mili tary honors. All the stores in the YOL. II. NO. 34. city were closed in her honor, and thousauds came to pay a last tribute to the memory ofw the dead. Both sides of Trade street were lined with people as the funeral procession filed slowly by. At the head, with slow and measured thread, marched the Hornet's Neit Riflemen, with muffled drum and reversed guns. The flag, all tattered and torn in Confederate service, was draped in crape. Fol lowing the soldiers were the pall bearers, the hearse, and then carri ages containing the relatives of the deceased. Around the church marched the soldiers, entering at the near gate. They halted and' stacked arms in front of the church, filing in one by one on both sides of the pulpit. The floral decorations in the church were magnificent, tn the midst of vases of the most.beau tif ul flowers, and covered "with floral wreaths and crosses, was placed, the coffin; directly in front of the pulpit. Behind the pulpit, and stretched out in all its maguificence, . was the grand old flag of the Stars and Bars, the flag in which Stonewall Jackson's body was wrapped in the last funeral rites. Shortly before the great sol dier's death, the congress of the Confederate States had adopted a design for their flag, and a large and elegant model had just been com pleted, the first ever made, which was intended to bo unfurled from the roof of the Capital. This flag the President of the Confederacy sent, as the gift of the country, to be the winding sheet of the corpse. And thus, the same old flag, the first of the Confederacy, which had once enclosed the remaius of the gallant father, was unfurled once more to wave over the remains of his only daughter. The General's sword lay upon the coffin. Stacks of arms draped with flowers, around the coffin, lent impression to the ceremonies. The church was filled to overflowing at 6ix o'clock, when, in a soft mournful strain, the choir began the services by singing " De Profundis," "Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, 0 Lord." Rev. Edward Mack then offered a feeling prayer, invoking the benedic tion of God on the grief stricken mother and husband, and protection for the motherless children. After reading of the first of the nineteenth Psalm, the choir sang, "Our God, our help in ages past." Rev. Mr. Mack chose as the text of his ser mon Numbers 23:10, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his." After the final hymn, "How blest the righteous when they die," Rev. Mr. Reed pronounced the benediction, and the long lino of mourners passed slowly out of the church. The coffin was carried back to the home of Mrs. Christian, to await removal this morning. The pall bearers were D. II. Hill, Jr., Joseph Hill, Frank Irwin, Will Graham, James Osborne, F. B. McDowell, Gilmer Brenizer and Baxter David son, all cousins of Mrs. Christian. The remains were taken to Lexing ton, Va., Saturday morning, and were interred there with military hon ors by the side of Gen. Jackson. Mrs. Jackson, Mr. Christian, Mrs. Alfred Morrison,. Misses Sophie Alexander, Auua Irwin, and Sallie Davidson, . Col. F. E. : Brown, Dr. Paul Barrier, J. B. McDowell and Gilmer Brenizer accompanied the remains to Lexington. Mrs. Christian's two little children will be left in the care of their aunt, Mrs. J. F. Brown. SKETCH OF THE DECEASED. Julia Thomas Jackson was born in Charlotte, at the home of James Irwin, November 23rd, 18C2. The war was then at its height, and her renowned father was battling in Virginia for the lost cause, and was then at the zenith of his power. "When she was six months old her mother took her to see her father, then commanding the Army of Northern Virginia, and stationed at Hamilton's Crossing, near Chancel- lorsville. That was jnst a month before a stray bullet shattered the hopes of the Confederacy. During that visit to the camp she was bap tized on the tented field, that being the first time her parents had met since her birth. After the immortal Stonewall was wounded on May 3rd, Mrs. Jackson was summoned to hi3 bedside and carried the infant J ulia with her. His arm had already been amputated, and he was, dying, but his last moments were cheered by their presence, . On May -10i.h, Me morial Day, the Sabbath he died, the laughing babe ,wasr brought in at his request, and he blessed her as his " Little Darling:" . After the soldier's death, Mrs. Jackson returned to Charlotte to live, and resided for fifteen years in the house in which Julia Jackson died. The early part of her educa tion was received here under the instruction of Mrs. Sallie Caldwell White, and her former teacher and cla3s-matcs testify in the most affect ing terms to the loveliness of her disposition and the saintliness of her character. At the age of fifteen, she went to Baltimore and remained two years at a leading school for Southerners. Previous to her marriage, no young lady of the South received so much attention and adulation; idolized wherever she went, she was abso lutely unspoiled by the admiration, and ever retained her modesty of demeanor. She joined the First Presbyterian church in this city when fourteen years old. A year before, in Rich mond, she was. present at the un veiling of the celebrated monument to fcer:f&ther,1,a tribute f rout England to tne great fcouthern leader. There, before thousands of old Confederate sojdiers, who had known and loved her father, she was brought forward, a timid, modest girl, and presented as Stonewall Jackson's daughter. Her presence called forth the wildest cheers the old rebel yell in memory of the brilliant leader. She was married on the 2d of Jane, 1885, to William Edmund Christian at Rev. Moses D. Hoge's church iu Richmond. They went to St Paul, Minnesota, and then sought the milder climate of San Diego, California. There her two children, Anna, aged three, and Thomas Jack son, whose first birthday was Thurs day, were born. Just before Christmas of last year Mr. and Mrs. Christian returned to Charlotte, and have resided since that time in their former residence on West Trade street. Young, happy and beloved, blessed with a devoted husband, lovely children, and hosts of friends, her life was full of a promise of usefulness. Cut short by the fatal typhoid in the outset of her career, she will long be remem bered as the Daughter of the South, to whom the Christian hero's last smile was given. The Dread Vuknown. Detroit Free Press. A patrolman on Rivard street came along to a grocery on his beat about 11 o'clock the other night aud found a large watermelon on the platform, while leaning against a post a short distance away was an aged colored man. The street was deserted, and the officer could not understand what kept the melon and the negro apart. "Isn't that a temptation to you ?" he asked the man. "I dun reckon it is, boss. I'ze bin lookin' at dat mellyun fur de last half hour." "And why didn't you take it ?" . "Bekase, sah, I'ze had some 'spe rience wid white folks in my time. Might possibly be dat de grocer dun forgot to take dat mellyon in when he closed up, but it's a good deal mo' possibler dat he poured in a dose of jalap an' left it out yere to be walked off wid." "But how are you going to know?" "Dat's what makes my heart ache, boss. If de mellyon ar' all right, den I'ze lost a golden opportunity. If it's bin dosed, den I hain't bin played fur a sucker. ,. It's de onsar tinty dat's kept me around yere till my knees ache an' I feels like havin' a chill." He Remained. At midnight the other night a patrolman, found a man lying on the grass under a tree in the Randolph street park, and he aroused him with : "Come, mister, no one is allowed to sleep here." "But I have a good excuse," re plied the man. "What is it?" "See that house over there ? Well, please do me the favor to go and ring the bell and ask if William Dockery is at home." The officer ascended the steps and rang the bell. A head was thrust out of an open chamber window and a female voice demanded: "Now who is there ?" : "Madam," replied the officer, "is William Dockery at home ?" "No'sir, and I don't expect him until daylight !" snapped the woman, and, at the same moment a bowlful of.i,water descended on the officer's head and half, drowned him. ?Well," saidthe man on the grass, as the dripping officer came up, "you see how it is, don't yon ?" I'm Dockery. That's Mrs. Dockery. " "I think I see," replied the officer. "You can remain right where you are," Steamships six hundred feet long will soon be common. CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, Governor Lowry. Robert Lowry, Governor of Mis sissippi, was born in Chesterfield District, South Carolina, March 9 th, 1831. When less than three years of age his father, Col. Robt Lowry, moved to Tishomingo county, Miss., and afterwards to Raleigh, Smith county. While yet a lad his uncle, Judge James Lowry, requested his brother to let his son Robert live with him. Robert entered the store of his uncle as salesman and collec tor. But at the age of seventeen he commenced business on his own ac count. While at this period of his life he was considered a little wild, though sober and generous to a fault, characteristics that have ever since distinguished him. At the age of twenty he married Miss Maria Miller Gammage, a beautiful girl, the daughter of the late B. V. Gammage, of Jasper county. In politics he was a Whig, and cast his first vote for that party. At the outbreak of the war Robert Lowry enlisted as a private, but on the organization of the Sixth Mis sissippi Regiment he was elected major, with his life-long friend, Z. Y. Thornton, as colonel. At the battle of Shiloh Col. Thornton aud Maj. Lowry were both wounded and the regiment suffered a greater loss than any other command on either side. The Sixth Regiment was in Gen. Pat Cleburne's brigade, and the following is an extract from his re port of the battle : "The Sixth Mississippi and the Twenty-third Tennessee charged through the encampment of the enemy. The line was necessarily broken by the standing tents. Under a terrible fire much confusion fol lowed. The Twenty-third Tennessee was rallied about one hundred yards in the rear. Again and again the Sixth Mississippi, unaided, charged the enemy's line, and it was only when the regiment had lost three hundred in killed and wounded cut of an aggregate of 425 that it yielded and retreated in disorder over its own dead and dying. It would be useless to enlarge npon its courage and de votion. The facts as recorded speak louder than any words of mine." After the re-election of Col. Thorn ton, and before he had recovered from his wounds, he retired from the army and was succeeded by Col. Lowry, who continued to command the regiment until he was promoted brigadier-general. His service was in the Army of Tennessee, and con stitutes a part of the history of the country. Immediately after the war Gen. Lowry resumed the practice of the law, in which he was interrupted by the outbreak of hostilities, aud con tinued to do a large and lucrative practice before and after his second election as senator for Rankin and Smith counties. After serving one session in the Senate he resigned, and again resumed the practice of his profession. It was during this ses sion of the Legislature that he was appointed by Gov. Humphries, with Col. Giles M. Hillyer as his colleague, commissioners to visit President Johnson in the interest of a pardon for ex-President Davis. Gen. Lowry, as is well known, would not accept the reasons assigned for the further detention of Mr. Davis, but insisted with force and eloquence on his re lease, which was subsequently ef fected. In the meantime Gov. Lowry had become identified with every effort to redeem and disenthrall Mississippi, and in every canvass his voice was heard all over - the State against the rule of the carpet bagger. In 1877 he was prominently men tioned for Governor, and led the race, and was only defeated by a combination of all the weakly can didates. In 1881 he was not a can didate, but was finally nominated as a compromise between other aspi rants. His administration was so able, wise, conservative and satisfac tory that he was unanimously re nominated in 1885 for another term of four years. He is emphatically a man of the people, and when he retires from the executive office it will be with the popular plandit, " Well done, good and faithful servant." Attention, Farmers ! THE COTTON CROP AMD NITI'I.Y OF B.VUG1NCJ. An Addreiw to the Order nt I.nrco hy C. A. Macuno, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL FAR MERS' ALLIANCE AND CO OPE i RATIVE UNION OF AMERICA. "There is great necessity just at this time for a thorough understand ing on the part of every cotton grower of the exact plans and meth ods of the Alliance for wrapping, handling, aud selling the crop now about to be placed on the market. Every member of the Alliance aud Union in the cotton-growing States is pledged by the action taken at the last session of the National body to co-operate in selling the crop, and they are expected to carry out such obligation by holding themselves in readiness to obey the instructions of the National cotton committee at a moment's notice. This shows the necessity of a perfect understanding and the importance of complete har mony of action. It is no secret in commercial cir cles that the markets of the world have not for several years been so poorly stocked with manufactured cotton goods at this season of the year, and it is also known that the mills are in possession of very little cotton from which to manufacture. The stock of cotton on the markets at the various ports is generally of the less desirable grades and styles. New York, for example, is said to have ten or fifteen thousand bales of cotton of such an inferior quality that no person desires it, and it is kept there as a menace to the future dealer who would attempt to exact delivery on a purchase of futures. The visible supply of last year's crop i3 reported about 300,000 bales short of two years ago, but when the char acter of the supply and the certainty of a greater demand by the mills is taken into consideration, the defi ciency, it is fair to conclude, is at least double that amount, or 000, 000 bales. The crop is not as lurge as has been reported. Besides the worms in some sections, they have had too much rain in many places east of the Mississippi. In Texas the crop, reported at 2,000,000, will scarcely reach 1,500,000 bales, on account of excessive rains damaging cotton in the bottoms in places, fol lowed by drought in sections. Alto gether the outlook for total crop is no better than at this time in 1SS7. The farmers of this country will soon have in their possession about six millions of bales of cotton, which, if they received pay for the labor ex pended in proportion to that received by teachers, doctors, lawyers, mer chants, insurance men, and bankers, will have cost them about 50 cents per pound ; but if they only receive pay for their labor at the same rates paid such skilled labor as carpenters and other tradesmen their cotton would probably cost them 20 cents per pound or $100 per bale, making the six million bales worth $600,000, 000. Of course no such price can be realized. It is simply cited as no more than just, if it could be ob tained. But the world demands this six million bales of cotton for imme diate consumption, and must have it That is to say, the mills must, at the lowest estimate, have five hun dred thousand bales of cotton per month for the next twelve months. There are two ways in which the cotton-growers may turn it over to the cousumer. First, make all the haste possible to dump the whole pile into the hands of the speculators before it goes up (as it always does later in the season), and thereby enable such speculators to dribble it out to the mills at the rate of five hundred thousand bales per month, at an ad vance of from $7 to $15 per bale, or say a probable average of $S per bale, or $48,000,000 on the lot. Second, having developed a short interest, keep it short throughout the year by only selling each month what the mills will actually need, and by that course secure to the far mer that $48,000,000, even if no higher prices ensued than the specu lators would have made. Surely the latter plan must commend itself to the planter. It was estimated by a high au thority several years ago (in 1882) that the demand of the world actu ally required 7,000,000 bales of cot ton every year! Now, if the increased demand be only 10 per cent, the de mand would be 7,700,000 bales, while this crop is only 6,800,000, leaving a deficiency of 900,000 bales. In view of all this it is evidently greatly to the interest of the cotton- 1SS9. grower to be in no hurry to sell his cotton. This is a year in which all can well afford to wait for and govern themselves by the instructions from the cotton committee, which has the matter in charge. Why this undue haste to get the first cotton wrapped and sold as early as possible ? Such a course i3 evidently to the interest of some one, but not to that of the planter. Some men seem to deem it very important that they get bagging at ouce and sell their cotton. There are two classes of men who are de lighted to see this sentiment, and who are interested in encouraging it, and these are, first, the jute men, who desire auything to beat cotton bagging, and use this as a prize to induce some men to use burlap or Dundee cloth ; and second, the cotton men who have sold the cotton Bhort and must' have cotton to fill their contracts. These two classes are deeply interested m anything that will induce the planter to sell at once. The cotton man who has sold short wants to fill before the rise, and the jute man wants to crowd the farmer to sell before he can get cotton bagging. There is another class of men who are terribly fright ened lest the farmer will not sell his cotton in time to pay his merchant early enough for the merchant to meet his maturing obligations on time, and as a consequence they claim that any delay in selling on the part of the farmers will bank rupt all the merchants in the country. They forget that the farmer has for several years been accommodating the merchant by turning his cotton loose as soon as gathered, regardless of price, until now the stomach argument is compelling him to look after his own financial interests, and for once to be just before he is so generous. Be just to himself, his wife, and his children before being generous to the poor merchant The merchant who is a friend to him will be glad to assist him to hold until such time as he can get the best price, aud will not join in with his enemies and try to make him sur reuder to the jute man and the gambler in futures. It would probably be best for the cotton-grower if he were irrevocably pledged to use cotton bagging and the mills made it so slowly that it would require till August, 1890, to make enough to cover the crops, But such is not the case. The mills have the capacity to make enough to cover the crop by February, and it is not likely that members of the order will market near all the crop by that time. The National Cotton Committee will meet in Atlanta, Ga., on the 2Sth of August, and immediately there after the whole order will be apprised as to the avenues and methods by which the National committee will transmit instructions as to selling throughout the season to State agents, who, iu turn, will communicate to county officers. Brethren should get together in the subordinate organizations and compare notes, and such as have obligations that must be met before the cotton can be sold should be assisted by those who are able, so that each sub-Alliance or Wheel act as a unit to hold every bale of its cotton to the proper time. Mer chants to whom indefinite obliga tions and crop mortgages will fall due should be notified early of the purposes of the order in the premises, so that they may prepare and assist in the effort The question of tare is beyond the reach of Liverpool and American cotton exchanges, and must be solved finally by justice. The mills want to buy cotton and not bagging and ties, aud whenever they learn that the white bales contain ten pounds more cotton than the brown bales, they will certainly pay about one dollar per bale more for them, and when a buyer can always sell a white bale for about a dollar more than a brown bale he will soon be compelled to make that difference in his pur chases. This is plain, because two bales each, weighing 500 pounds, if one be iu jute and the other in cot ton, will not contain the same amount of cotton. The cotton-wrapped bale will contain about ten pounds the most. In conclusion, it is suggested that every member who has not placed his order for cotton bagging do so as soon as possible, and then make his arrangements to meet his obligations without selling his cotton, so that he may have plenty of time to wait, not only for the cotton bagging, but after that comes, to wait for instruc tions from the National Cotton Committee. Demand on every sale the eight pounds premium over the actual weight of the bale, unless the price is based on cotton as the stan WHOLE NO. 86. dard and jute is docked eight pounds 5 In that case the premium could not be claimed, but when jute is the standard and the gross weight of a bale wrapped in cotton is 500 pounds, it should be settled for as 508 pounds. Stick to cotton bagging. There is plenty of time for it before the spinners come after your cotton. C. W. Macune. That Naloon. Farm, Field and Stockman Keep away from that saloon, boys. It is a bad place for you. Some things you can see, others you can not Beer, whiskey, cigars, candy and sometimes fruits and nuts are seen. These are seen where the win dows are clear, and somebody cleans the handle of that big front door. There is another room where papers are provided for reading, and games played for checks, redeemable at the counter in the outer room. This may be all you will see if you go in there a few time3 ; but by-and-by you will see a grinning, dull-eyed creature staring at you from the mir ror on the wall. Perhaps he will make his appearance while you are waiting for more beer, and you will never think it is a reflection of your self. There is poverty, disgrace and death Bold over that counter, paid for often in money which should buy bread for starving ones. Yet this is an elegant saloon, fur nished in palatial style, brilliantly lighted and regaled with music. The evil spirit seems to have spent his greatest cunning in disguising the horrors of intemperance. Boys will go into such a saloon who would not think of going into a common drinking cellar. But thousands who have taken their first glass in such a saloon have ended in the lowest groggeries. Boys, do not do as they have done. Don t exchange your good thoughts, your bright hopes for intoxicating drink. Don't shor ten half your life and make the other half contemptible. Lave as God intended you should live. If you begin to drink, no matter how small the quantity or how weak the quality, you cannot tell where you will stop. I read in the paper the other day of a man serving a life' sentence in prison for the murder of a friend. He began to drink as boy, so little at first he never thought of danger. When a young man, on one occasion he drank too much, and his brain was on fire ; a word an gered him, he struck a blow which made him a murderer. In paying for liquor he paid for his murderous disposition. It was one of the things not seen. My dear boys, as you value your life and happiness, keep out of that saloon. In the First Place and the Second Place. A man from Indi ana called at police headquarters the other day to make inquiries about his wife, who had eloped and headed thi3 way, and whom he believed to be in the city. "She ran off with another man, did she?" queered one of the de tectives. " Yes, she did." "Well, don't you think it foolish to run after her ?" "Foolish? How?" "Why, she can't love you." "Well, perhaps not" "And she'll probably try it again at the first chance." "Yes, she may." "Then why do you follow her ?" "Wall, in the first place," slowly replied the man after due reflection, "she either went off with Hezekiah Smith, John Tobias, or Erwell Green, and I kinder want to know which one it was, and in the next place, I thought if I found 'em and blustered right up strong I might git damage money enough to pay my taxes and fix up for winter." Timid. There is such a thing as too much ingenuity in finding excuses. A prisoner at the bar, who was charged with stealing a dozen apples from a poor woman's fruit stand, was cross examined by the prose-cutting at torney : "You admit that ycu took this fruit from the woman's, stock with out paying her ?" Yis, sir." What did you do that for ?" " I did't know how much the price wuz." "Then why didn't you ask the woman ?" "Oh, ye see, sir, I wuz alluz terri ble bashful with the ladies." The court thought such excessive bashfulness a criminal offense, and sent the man to jail. Women of letters are quite partial to T gowns. IN THE ME A TES T MA NNER AND AT THE LOWEST RATES. ODDS AND ENDS. New York city has a debt of $98,- 000,000. A cat that will drink beer is one of the curiosities of Calamet, O. The only cross-eyed cow is owned by George Williams, of Comley, O. 'Squire Yeager, of Snowshoe, Pa., is seventy-three, and all his hair is coal black. There are thirty-fire thousand more women than men in the city of Philadelphia. In Para, Brazil, a license to sell liquor costs $5 ; a license to keep a school costs $10. An Ohio man the other day coun ted up and found that he had been concerned in 139 lawsuits. A mule, forty-five years old, does a little service for a Georgia physi ciau, who has had him since 1849. An egg, the shell of which shows all .the colors of the rainbow, is the product of an Ellsworth, Me., hen. A church deacon at Galesburg, Mich., claims to have a parrot which will lead a hymn at prayer meeting. A live turtle was found waddling around among the mails iu the post office at Pottsville, Penn., the other day. A young man named Leatherers, of Pittsford, Mich., died from the effects of drinking maple sap to ex cess. John Cole, of Lapeer township, Mich., has a hen which makes a regular thing of laying 6x81 inch POTTO. An Atchinson man, says the Globe, recently married a widow because she took such good care of her first husband's grave. T. II. Davis, of Clarkville, Mo., was three times married to the same woman, his own temper and two di vorces making this possible. During a recent storm a stone weighing eleven pounds dropped from the clouds into the yard of a farmer living near Essex, la. In Burlington, Vt, workmen, while digging for a new sewer, found nine skeletons, supposed to be those of soldiers of the war of 1812. A young woman at Rincol, Cal., has began a suit for $1,500 damages against a rancher for kisses that she says were forcibly inflicted upon her by the defendant. Mr. Pulve, of North Vineland, N. J., has eaten an egg every day in the year for the last half century. The total consumption up to date amounts to 1,521 dozen. It has been computed that the av erage growth of the finger nail is one-thirty second of an inch per week, or a little more than one and one-half inches per year. The Russian army will soon be provided with breech-loading rifles which will carry a distance of 9,000 feet. Noiseless powder will also be used in future by the army. The largest circulation on record is that attained by the volume, "Hymns, Ancient and Modern." Twenty million copies have been sold in the eighteen years of its existence. A reporter for a Paris newspaper entered a den of hyenas to prove that it did not require any particular pluck. He was so bitten and torn that the surgeons doubt if he can recover. In one of the natural gas towns the local paper tells of some stirring experiences that followed its intro duction. One cook gave her mistress prompt notice to leave, as she would never be willing to "cook God's meat with hell fire." Under the new constitution of Japan a debtor is allowed three days' grace in which to settle a bill. For merly he could be lugged off to prison one minute after the bill was due, and the creditor made it his business to be on hand. An old church in Cahokia, 111., that was built in 1G84 of cedar logs, was torn down a few days ago to make way for a more modern build ing. There were only two churches in America at St. Augustine and Santa Fe that were older. England gets most of its ice now from Norway, Scandinavian compe tition having almost entirely de stroyed the business of shipping ice from Boston to England, which was once very profitable. Ice is sold in London from 58 to 81 cents per hun dred weight. One of the most valuable lots in in the town ot Huntington, xreuu., will always remain unimproved. By the will of the party who formerly owned it the building which was then standing upon it was to be let rot away, and then a paling fence was to be put around it and no other building to be erected.